January 2020

Akume Summoned For Insulting Tor Tiv, Churches In Benue

January 10, 2020 6:51 am
The Tiv Area Traditional Council has summoned the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, to appear before it over his alleged uncomplimentary and derogatory remarks against the Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse.

NAN had reported Akume made scathing and derogatory statements against the Tor Tiv, accusing him of partisanship – (tor pati) meaning king of politics.

Akume allegedly castigated the church in Benue State, calling Pentecostal denominations (where the Tor Tiv fellowships) in particular as insignificant groups who have no electoral value.

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Military Aircraft With UN Soldiers Onboard Crash Lands

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
South African military transport aircraft with UN peacekeeping soldiers on board on Thursday was severely damaged in a crash landing in Eastern Congo, a UN spokesman reported.

Matthias Gillman, a spokesman for the UN stabilisation mission in Congo (MONUSCO) confirmed the incident.

He said that the four-engine turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft overshot the runway while landing in Goma and burst into flames.

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However, the fire was quickly put out by firefighters at the airport and the 59 passengers and eight crew members escaped unharmed, NAN reports.

The passengers

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Amotekun: Northerners Blow Hot Over S-West Security Outfit

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has berated the Southwest Governors for the establishment of Amotekun.

On Thursday January 9, the Western Nigeria Security Network known as Amotekun commenced operations in Yorubaland.

The NYCN, in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Isah Abubakar, stated that Amotekun is “OPC military wing in disguise”.

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They argued that the move was a threat to national peace and security.

The body stressed that the new security outfit is in the same league with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra,

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Amotekun: Don’t Betray Yorubas –Ooni of Ife, Warns Security

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday warned personnel who will be working with the new security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly known as Amotekun, not to betray the interest of Yoruba land.

Ogunwusi gave this warning during the launching of Amotekun by the governors of the South West region.

At the launching held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital were Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

Others were Deputy Governor of Ogun, Noimat Salako-Oyedele, Deputy Governor of Osun, Benedict Gboyega Alabi, Yoruba

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Iran Reveals Why It Didn’t Kill US Soldiers In Attacks

January 10, 2020 6:43 am
Iran has claimed that the Wednesday’s missile attacks on American bases in Iraq were not targeted to kill any soldier.

A senior Iranian commander, Amirali Hajizadeh, said the attacks in Iraq did not aim to kill American soldiers but sought to damage Washington’s “military machine.”

He also declared that the attacks were the start of a series of attacks across the region, Al Jazeera reports.

Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, also said the “appropriate revenge” for the US killing of Qassem Soleimani was to expel US forces from the Middle East.

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EKSUTH Health Workers To Commence Strike Monday Over Sack

January 10, 2020 6:43 am
Workers of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), will on Monday, January 12 commence total shut down of the health institution by declaring a strike action, if the management failed to reverse the “illegal” sack of its members.

About 200 workers of the hospital were last year December sacked by the management, but some have been reinstated due to pressure from organised labour.

Dropping the hint in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the chairperson, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Com. Omotola Farotimi , said the strike supposed to start on Friday (today), but the management of the hospital has been

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Obasanjo Meets Dapo Abiodun Behind Closed Doors

January 10, 2020 6:42 am
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun behind closed doors.

NAN reports that Obasanjo stormed the Governor’s office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, and went straight into the meeting, which lasted for about an hour.

In an interview with newsmen after the meeting, Obasanjo said he had visited the governor to discuss varied issues regarding development of the state with him.

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Some of the issues, according to him, involved education, agriculture and rural development.

Obasanjo equally said he used the opportunity to welcome

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Akwa Ibom CP Asks State Assembly To Revisit Vigilante Bill

January 10, 2020 6:41 am
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, has called on the State House of Assembly to reconsider as well as pass into law the ‘Vigilante Bill’ as soon as it resumes plenary on January 21, 2020.

The Commissioner noted that passing the vigilante bill into law in the state was important as it would give the group a legal framework in combating crimes and criminality in the communities.

CP Edgal, who was the special guest of honour at the ‘community and safety partnership interactive session’ held at itu local government area of the state on Thursday,

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Act Of Terrorism: Plateau Lawmakers React As Gunmen Kill 13

January 10, 2020 6:40 am
Senator Representing Plateau North at the National Assembly, Istifanus Gyang, has urged security agencies to immediately arrest the gunmen that killed 13 persons in an attack on Kumbun community in Mangu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday morning.

Gyang, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Protocol, Musa Ashoms, said that he received with rude shock the report of the killing of 12 persons at Kumbun, in Mangu local government area.

The lawmaker described the killing as an act of terrorism and a reversal to the dark days.

“All citizens of Plateau should, with one

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Man Docked For Allegedly Defrauding Bank Of ₦1.8 million

January 10, 2020 6:38 am
A 46-year-old man, Oluyemi Olusegun, has appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding a bank of ₦1.8 million.

Olusegun, whose address was not disclosed in the charge sheet, is standing trial on a charge of fraud.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the accused committed the offence sometimes in the month of January, 2019 in Ilupeju-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area.

Akinwale said that the defendant borrowed money from Albatross Ventures, a Micro-Finance Bank.

The complainant, from whom the loan facility was obtained, Miss Mercy Adebayo, is the manager of the bank.

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Labour Union Reveals Next Action Over New Minimum Wage

January 10, 2020 6:37 am
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has directed state councils of the union to commence mobilisation of their members immediately, should state governments failed to implement the new minimum wage by the end of January 2020.

TUC President, Mr Quadri Olaleye and Secretary-General, Mr Musa Lawal, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at the end of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

“NEC-in-session commends the Federal Government for the eventual completion of negotiation with respect to the consequential adjustments and commencement of payment of the new National Minimum Wage to Federal workers.

“The congress, however, advises all

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Nigerians

Nigerians Issued 12 Hours To Vacate South Africa

January 10, 2020 5:59 am
Nigerians and other foreign nationals resident in South Africa’s Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape Province were on Thursday morning given 12 hours to vacate by the indigenes.

The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubajo, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

Olubajo said the development was as a result of an ugly incident that took place on Wednesday, Jan. 8, between a Police Officer and a Nigerian.

He said that a Nigerian man, an Abakaliki indigene of Ebonyi, allegedly stabbed to death

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